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What happens when a short 39-year-old non binary butch with ADHD and a tall 39-year-old trans femme with ADHD get together? Listen to me talk to my dear friend, Niko Stratis and find out! A couple of weeks ago, we sat down and talked about parents saying "I love you", the good/bad/ugly of trans and queer twitter and what it's like to be extremely online as a trans woman. The Ebb! The Flow! What a time to be alive!  RESOURCES Niko Stratis - https://www.nikostratis.com : You can read some of Niko’s work here, including her Digital Publishing Award (DPA) nominated essay “Getting Sober and Coming Out” Twitter: @nikostratis Niko’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/ef143a0c This week we gave some money to the Trans Fusion Crew, a weekly drop-in group from Nonbinary, gender queer and Trans folks under 29. Trans Fusion operates out of Toronto. The group explores, learns about and shares experiences of gender and everything else. TFC is a welcoming and supportive space for all of your different trans and non-binary gender experiences: https://soytoronto.com/programs/trans-fusion-crew Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

On this episode I discuss, somewhat vaguely, the difference between corporate pride and the riot. Divergent topics include my roots, actions before stonewall, historical conflation and the difference between the gays and the queers. I also get a bit worked up.  (there are some mic pops at the beginning, sorry!) aside: I video recorded a portion of this episode that will be exclusive to Patreon, so if you want to see my tiny little wine glass, become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast NOTES AND RESOURCES Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society - https://www.irsss.ca NYSHN - https://nativeyouthsexualhealth.com The Residential School System in “Canada” - https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca UNDRIP - https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html Breaking the Silence - https://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/AboriginalEd/PoH/BreakingTheSilence.pdf Dead but Delicious - https://daemonumx.substack.com @daemonumx [instagram/twitter] Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

Hi! Hello! This episode, we introduce a new segment: DISPATCHES. Last week, I reached out and asked you to submit voice recordings answering and expanding on some questions as a starting off point; a place from which you could branch out and move the narrative in the direction that felt important to you.  I asked you: What do you love about being femme or butch? If you don’t align with or identify as femme or butch, what do these genders or gender expressions mean to you in an historical context, or when thinking about our elders? What is hard for you about being femme or butch in a contemporary context? And lastly, who are your femme and butch roots? And golly, did you deliver!  Thank you to Stevie, René, Ziya, Lianne and Arti for being so generous with your time and insight. I'm deeply moved and charmed by your offerings. Don't worry if you missed this week! Submissions are ongoing. Follow us on instagram for the next round, or send something in anytime! butchfemmepodcast@gmail.com please SUBSCRIBE, rate and share with your big queer pals!  byeeeeeeee REFERENCES “Being Billie Dawn” by Savannah Monroe garbo-talks.com  butchfemmepodcast.buzzsprout.com MUSIC [from The Free Music Archive] Crowander - The Puddle  Crowander - Floating Autumn Crowander - Hilltop Crowander - Bye Bye Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

In this episode, we discuss the intersections of Judy Holliday, the origin of the bimbo/dumb blonde character and the femme/butch bar scene in 1940s-50s Greenwich Village, New York City. I get very invested and fall so deep into the rabbit hole that I can barely conceal how hard I'm swooning. Everything ends abruptly, but in a satisfying way. Like bubble tea.  Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

Assigned female at birth, Catalina (Antonio) de Erauso was held in a convent, destined to become a nun – until she turned 15, cut her hair short, refashioned her habit into masculine clothing and escaped to a life of adventure. The highly controversial history of Erauso’s memoir was so wild that it is thought to be mostly fictional. For this episode, a donation was made to Rainbow Railroad,  an organization based out of Toronto that provides "solutions for LGBTQI people who need immediate assistance because they are facing a serious threat to their lives and safety". SUPPORT US ON PATREON!!! SOURCES Ria Brodell - Butch Heroes [also check out their “the handsome and the holy” series] Jody M Caldwell on Catalina De Erauso as 10th Muse  Catalina De Erauso Encyclopedia.com  The Legacy Project: Antonio de Erauso Wikipedia - Catalina De Erauso 1-26 Variato 25 a 2 Clav - Kimiko Ishizaka from the Open Goldberg Variations Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

Boom, we finally did an interview.  And we struck gold with the delightful and brilliant Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties [Graywolf Press] and In The Dream House [Graywolf Press]. We discuss her book, her research, puzzles and very gay movies. CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of domestic, queer and partner violence. This week we made a contribution to the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape [link in resources]. RESOURCES: Machado's resources for queer survivors LGBTQ Youth Line Trans Lifeline RAINN Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape LGBTQ Crisis Hotline and Services National Domestic Violence Hotline  Maggie's Toronto Sex Worker Action Project Other Resources for LGBTQ2SNB abuse survivors ALL MUSIC SOURCED FROM THE FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE Elvis Herod - Feed Me to the Lesbians Kai Engel - Homeroad

Hiiiiiii we did it again!  Sorry for the delay but there's a pandemic going on, so, you know. In this episode we jump all over the place but mostly, we talk about the light and the dark sides of the early 20th century classic lesbian novel "The Well of Loneliness" by Radclyffe Hall.  We're up, we're down, I forgot important details, I also have opinions I don't get into and I live google the Hicklin Test.  It's the gentlest wild ride of your life. SOURCES: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America: Lambda Literary Award winning book by Lillian Faderman The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall The Hicklin Test Femme: Feminists, Lesbians & Bad Girls - Ed. Laura Harris & Elizabeth Crocker Clare Hemmings (2001). ""All My Life I've Been Waiting For Something..." Theorizing Femme Narrative in The Well of Loneliness". In Doan, Laura; Prosser, Jay (eds.). Palatable Poison: Critical Perspectives on The Well of Loneliness. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-231-11874-3.

Hiiiiiiiiiii, welcome back! On this episode, I rattle on about a few things. First, I go through some Butch and Femme basics and start to sound off and then stop myself because it's. So. Complex.  Then I give you a very brief biography of my Butch story. Big yawn.  THEN I get to the good stuff:  Edythe Eyde [aka Lisa Ben], creator of the first lesbian newsletter Vice Versa, in 1947! Also, complete babe and my current femme elder crush. REFERENCES: Wikipedia The ONE Archives Making Gay History Podcast Vice Versa Online Before Stonewall. 1984 Documentary directed by Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg Theme music is "Throw Me to the Lesbians" by Elvis Herod, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.  Interior music is "Shipping Lanes" by Chad Crouch, courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Hello! Welcome to the Butch Femme Podcast! This is our foundational episode. On this episode, I introduce myself and my goals for the future of this podcast. Then I take a look at butch elder, Stormé DeLarverie, complete with a few audio clips from the documentary Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Director Michelle Parkerson, 1987.  Below are resources I used and some links that may interest you: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormé_DeLarverie - https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/delarverie-storme-1920-2014/ - A Stormé Life:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCVNEiOwLs -  Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Director Michelle Parkerson, 1987.   - Theme song is "Throw Me to the Lesbians" by Elvis Herod, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Support the show (https://patreon.com/butchfemmepodcast)

Hello! Welcome to the Butch Femme Podcast! This is our foundational episode. On this episode, I introduce myself and my goals for the future of this podcast. Then I take a look at butch elder, Stormé DeLarverie, complete with a few audio clips from the documentary Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Director Michelle Parkerson, 1987.  Below are resources I used and some links that may interest you: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormé_DeLarverie - https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/delarverie-storme-1920-2014/ - A Stormé Life:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCVNEiOwLs -  Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Director Michelle Parkerson, 1987.   - Theme song is "Throw Me to the Lesbians" by Elvis Herod, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.